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March 2012
(86%)
58 Reviews
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The Gigabyte X79-UD5 is a solid board, it has a fairly nice layout and the design choices show us that Gigabyte is looking to put this at the top of the mid-range lineup. Gigabyte does need to work on the memory performance and to fix the Multiplier overc...
In terms of aesthetics and visuals, we think the Gigabyte X79-UD5 looks great with its black PCB and contrasting blue and gray color scheme. The board layout is very good, there’s ample space to work with, and we had no troubles with a behemoth Noctua ...
The X79-UD5 is a nice looking board with some potential for performance on paper. We do have our concerns at this point in the review (heat and memory performance), but it is entirely possible that Gigabyte has accounted for these and we will not see an i...
Packed with added features and options not seen on some other products in the same price range, Clean and simple color-themed layout, Fully functional AMI UEFI BIOS, including mouse support and support for 3 TB+ drives, VRM capable of over 300W, nearly do
Recent BIOS recall, although we found no issues, Not enough cables for all internal SATA ports, BIOS may be confusing and overwhelming to some, due to the extensive number of options offered, USB 3.0 performance with tested hardware is underwhelming, Very
The Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 really did impress us every step of the way during our testing period. At first, it didn't clock as well as we had hoped, but looking closely at the hardware design, we knew this board was meant to be an overclocking-centric pro...
Right before going to publication with this review, Gigabyte issues this very vague press release.City of Industry, California, December 27, 2011-- It has come to our attention that certain X79 Series Motherboards (see models below) may malfunction due to...
Abstract: Intel is in a unique position in the market for ultra-high-end desktop PCs: it essentially has no competition. AMD hasn't priced a desktop processor far north of $300 in years, while Intel has been selling six-core Gulftown CPUs at up to a grand a pop. Wi...
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Published: 2011-11-14, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Abstract: Whenever a new technology is released there is a frantic rush to get samples out for review without having them arrive so early that less-scrupulous sites can break the release date and sometimes they arrive too late to give the full treatment to. In the ...
Abstract: Gigabyte showcased the high end G1.Assassin 2 and GA-X79-UD7 motherboards along with the mainstream GA-X79-UD5 and value oriented GA-X79-UD3 board.Most notable about the boards is the placement of the memory DIMMs on either side of the CPU socket, and the...
